Email Author Chloe Veltman

Awards

• 2009 - Peninsula Press Club Awards, published October 29, 2008

  "Taking It Personally"

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2008 Stories by Chloe Veltman

• Also Playing

  published December 31, 2008

  Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party. The core conceit of Aaron Loeb's ambitious, hilarious, and dramaturgically hairy comedy is... More >>

• The recession is hurting A.C.T. and others

  published December 31, 2008

  On December 14, I received an e-mail from a theater director friend. It had been forwarded to her from an actor, who had in turn received it... More >>

• Also Playing

  published December 24, 2008

  The Arabian Nights. Mary Zimmerman's theatrical retelling of narratives from the ancient Middle Eastern story cycle also... More >>

• Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party

  published December 24, 2008

  I would have given almost anything to hear Aaron Loeb pitch the concept for his latest play to SF Playhouse, which commissioned the work. With... More >>

• Also Playing

  published December 17, 2008

  The American Dream. There's a definite absurdist quality to Boxcar Theatre's production of Edward Albee's The American... More >>

• Dame Edna, the Crowd Pleaser

  published December 17, 2008

  Dame Edna Everage was never one for modesty. "Everage is probably the most popular and gifted woman in the world today," trumpet the program... More >>

• Also Playing

  published December 10, 2008

  The America Play. Set in "an exact replica of the Great Hole of History" — a Beckettian nowhere land — Suzan-Lori... More >>

• Hidden Meanings

  published December 10, 2008

  Mary Zimmerman created The Arabian Nights in 1992 in the shadow of the first Gulf War. Seeing a recurring theme in the cycle of hidden... More >>

• Re-Enacting History

  published December 3, 2008

  If Barack Obama had not won the presidential election last month, the experience of watching Thick Description's revival of Suzan-Lori Parks'... More >>

• Also Playing

  published November 19, 2008

  Blessed Unrest. CentralWorks' latest collaborative deals with the history and emotions of the environmental movement, as brought... More >>

• Also Playing

  published November 12, 2008

  Angry Black White Boy. Adapted by hip-hop theater artist Dan Wolf from Adam Mansbach's novel (the playwright and the novelist... More >>

• Common Ground

  published November 12, 2008

  Most people regard the notion that someone can die from a broken heart with skepticism, but artists tend to be more open-minded about the idea.... More >>

• White Fright

  published November 5, 2008

  One of the few interesting entries I've read on the otherwise puerile yet popular blog Stuff White People Like is devoted to discussing the... More >>

• Also Playing

  published October 29, 2008

  The History Boys. Set in the northern English town of Sheffield in the 1980s, Alan Bennett's penetrating 2004 play tells the... More >>

• Taking It Personally

  published October 29, 2008

  Sleepwalkers Theatre co-founder Torre Ingersoll-Thorp is worried about my taking his new play to heart. "I'd like to first thank Chloe... More >>

• A Fistful of Knowledge

  published October 22, 2008

  Like the famous spaghetti Western starring Clint Eastwood, the world is divided into three kinds of people: the dumb, the clever, and the... More >>

• Also Playing

  published October 15, 2008

  7 Beggars. I have no idea why Tim Barsky is not a huge household name; he is a megatalent. The Oakland-based Barsky is an... More >>

• The K of D is pure magic

  published October 15, 2008

  When Loretta Greco announced her plan to launch her inaugural season as artistic director of the Magic Theatre with The K of D: An Urban... More >>

• Also Playing

  published October 8, 2008

  All You Can Eat. Playwright and director Steve Morgan Haskell's new play is one of those dramas that's at once easy and difficult... More >>

• Chazz Palminteri revives A Bronx Tale in San Francisco

  published October 8, 2008

  Chazz Palminteri's autobiographical solo show, A Bronx Tale, is theoretically about an Italian-American boy's relationship with two... More >>

• Also Playing

  published October 1, 2008

  The Bonesetter's Daughter. When most of us in the West think of Chinese civilization, the word "epic" springs to mind. But unlike... More >>

• All You Can Eat serves up empty calories

  published October 1, 2008

  One of the most inspiring pieces of writing I've read all year came my way in response to a tongue-in-cheek blog post I wrote last May about... More >>

• Hidden Dragon Lady

  published September 24, 2008

  When most of us in the West think of Chinese culture, the word "epic" springs to mind. It's embarrassing, really: You might have hoped that... More >>

• Also Playing

  published September 24, 2008

  Red State. The San Francisco Mime Troupe's latest politically charged musical comedy tackles its worthy subject — citizens... More >>

• Also Playing

  published September 17, 2008

  Cabaret. Based on John Van Druten's play I Am a Camera (which in turn was adapted from novelist Christopher Isherwood's... More >>